Hitachi Rail’s Maintenance contract extended by Great Western Railway
The extension of the contract will see hundreds of jobs secured alongside supporting the UK supply chain
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‘Castle’ HSTs to be withdrawn by Great Western Railway
Great Western Railway is to phase out its 2+4 HST 'Castle Class' trains and replace them with more modern trains
Overspeeding in blanket emergency speed restrictions investigate in Rail Accident Investigation Branch safety digest
The digest investigates incidents which took place during the extreme heat wave in July 2022 on Western and Wales routes
RAIB report into near miss with track workers and collision with a tree near Weston-Super-Mare
The RAIB has issued its report when a passenger train narrowly missed two track workers and struck a tree near Weston-super-Mare.
Over one million half-price rail tickets on offer!
The Government and rail industry has launched Britain’s biggest-ever rail sale with savings of up to 50% on the cost of train tickets.
£6.5m railway investment set to improve services from London to Cornwall
Network Rail and Great Western Railway to build three new sidings in Penzance which will support the running and maintenance of longer trains in Cornw…
Wellington and Cullompton stations re-opening one step closer
Re-opening of stations at Wellington and Cullompton has moved a step closer following receipt of £5m from the Department for Transport.
An extra 2,000 seats per day for the St. Ives branch line
An extra 2,000 seats per day for the St. Ives branch line set to benefit passengers as part of a number of improvements to the mainline in Cornwall.
Train services in Cornwall subject to disruption from 5th to 13th March
Train services in west Cornwall will be disrupted from 5th to 13th March 2022 due to engineering and platform extension work.
Railway line between Exeter and Teignmouth to be closed overnight for eight weeks
For eight weeks from 24 January, the line between Exeter and Teignmouth will be closed while work is carried out north of Parsons Tunnel.